Received OSMC wifi-ac adapter - ISSUES

[duojet]

ok, finally it’s working. first, editing the config.txt is much more reliable than blacklisting. Second, i needed to change my 5ghz wifi channel (after using an analyzer) to a much higher channel 153 from 44. much less occupied. now i am able to access everything , even after a few reboots.

it must be that precise location in the house, because nothing else had an issue on that 5ghz wifi channel. Crossing my fingers that it lasts. I expect it to, because changing the channel seemed to immediately get it to connect

[duojet]

ok, it’s still working, even on 5 ghz but…

on both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz, i had a problem where every few seconds, when running an iperf test, i would get 0mb transfer. i assumed this was due to background scanning so i disabled it.

disabling background scanning solved the issue for the 2.4 ghz side. When i do iperf, every second i get the expected transfer rate. on 5ghz however, still every few seconds i get a 0mb transfer rate, as if the connection is dropping out for a few seconds.

any ideas?

[sam_nazarko]

@duojet

i had a problem where every few seconds, when running an iperf test, i would get 0mb transfer. i assumed this was due to background scanning so i disabled it.

Usually disabling background scanning is all you need to do.
Try changing 5Ghz channel.

Also check link rate

[ellisium]

Same problem for me with official osmc usb wifi. Ok on 2.4 Status : connected
on 5 (static IP) status : No internet. I can see connection in dd-wrt

Clients
MAC Address Interface Uptime TX Rate RX Rate Info Signal Noise SNR Signal Quality
box-internet-AP wl1 0:08:34 39M 104M HT40 -60 -92 32
80%
osmc-usb-wifi-on-windows wl2 0:06:03 351M 292M VHT80 -69 -92 23
62%
osmc-usb-wifi-rpi3 wl2 0:07:13 40M 6M VHT80PS -67 -92 25
66%
windows-laptop wl2 0:08:04 585M 325M VHT80 -76 -92 16
48%

all computers are in same room:
I tried VHT160, changed channel, no way to get my 5ghz working. no hardware issue, the key has been tested on windows PC

I bought 4 usb adaptaters for all my rpi3… 2 days wasted on this… for something noted ‘ready to use’ on the webshop.

Very disappointed

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

Have you tried adding:

BackgroundScanning = false

to the general section of /etc/connman.conf

Thanks Tom.

[ellisium]

@Tom_Doyle

BackgroundScanning = false

Thx but it doesn’t fix the issue.

My config is
router internet box > netgear x6 (repeater bridge) dd-wrt
windows test :
ok conenction direct on router (2.4)
ok connection on dd-wrt (2.4 and 5)
osmc pi3 test:
ok connection direct on router (2.4)
NOK connection on dd-wrt (2.4 and 5) dhcp or static IP

Thx for your help

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

The osmc dongle comes with an auto configuration setup, which in this case seems to have failed. Try:

sudo cp /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.template.dat /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.dat

And reboot. You should now have a working a connection, if not or not quite the expected speed; Some further tweaking can be done:

OSMC wifi dongle conection problem

Hi, The reason the vero4k by default has the dat file as mt7610u_sta.template.dat, is so a lot of the config is auto setup so the best connection is achieved. So with this in mind you have a couple choices: Now that a stable connection has been achieved, you could try reverting and see if the auto setup now works: sudo mv /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.dat /lib/firmware/mt7610u_sta.template.dat And reboot. Or Manual editing the mt7610u_sta.dat , changing CountryCode & WirelessMode should be suf…

I think setting the wireless mode to 13 & setting country code should be enough.

Thanks Tom.

[ellisium]

Hello Tom, thx for the trick

wireless and country code worked.
Successfull with open wifi network, now I have to find settings for wpa aes key coz if I activate it I can’t connect

In comparison with my laptop internal ac wifi or iphone 7, the transfer rate is not huge but I guess for the price I’m satisfied and and can stream 1080p

Thanks again
Eric

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

@ellisium

Successfull with open wifi network, now I have to find settings for wpa aes key coz if I activate it I can’t connect

My router is setup as follows and I have no connection issues:

WPA2-Personal & aes.

Thanks Tom.

[sam_nazarko]

You should get about 230Mbps in real world usage with good signal. This should be more than enough for 4K material.

Sam

[ellisium]

@Tom_Doyle how should configure the file for wpa2 personal aes settings?

all my tries have failed

thx for your help

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

In the mt7610u_sta.dat only change CountryCode and wireless mode, leave rest as defaults. Now set up the connection via Myosmc including the wpa2 password.

Thanks Tom.

[ellisium]

Yes that was my first try but no success. Just got “connection failed”
I tried just WPA rather than WPA2 but no change

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

Try this via the commandline:

sudo rm-rf /var/lib/connman/wifi*

reboot and try and setup the connection fresh.

Also whats the router?

Thanks Tom.

[ellisium]

I followed this link Configuration for 5GHz WiFi dongle TP-Link T2UH with driver mt7610u_sta in XBian · GitHub
and set
AuthMode=WPA2PSK
EncrypType=AES

finally working after reboot for now

My router is internet box and the repeater bridge is a netgear X6 under dd-wrt

[Tom_Doyle]

Glad to hear its sorted.

[ellisium]

fail again after a reboot today… that will drive me crazy hhh

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

Should be more stable via MyOsmc as this uses Connman, did you try clearing the wifi settings and reconnecting via MyOsmc?

Thanks Tom.

[ellisium]

yes I tried. But I think the connection wifi is done, maybe more about gateway or dns issue… coz when randomly working status internet conection is ok. but main time statut connection is no internet

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

Are you using dhcp? if so try a static IP.

Thanks Tom.